News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson welcomes progress in Transdniestrian settlement talks
Publishing date: 29 February 2012
DUBLIN, 29 February 2012- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, welcomed the progress achieved in official 5+2 talks towards a Transdniestrian settlement that ended in Dublin today...
Official 5+2 talks on Transdniestrian settlement start in Dublin
Publishing date: 28 February 2012
Official negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement began in Dublin on 28 February 2012. The two-day meeting brings together representatives of the sides, mediators and observers in the negotiations- Moldova, Transdniestria, the OSCE, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, the US and the EU...
Parliamentarians have vital role in ensuring OSCE commitments, OSCE Chairmanship tells Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 24 February 2012
VIENNA, 24 February 2012 – Parliamentarians have a vital role to play in ensuring the effectiveness of the OSCE and the implementation of its commitments, said Lucinda Creighton, Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs, in Vienna today...
OSCE Personal Representative urges participating States to take hate crimes against Muslims seriously
Publishing date: 22 February 2012
ASTANA, 22 February 2012- In view of the Oslo massacre last summer and the spate of neo-Nazi serial killings in Germany, the OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representative on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims Ambassador Adil Akhmetov expressed concerns over the feeling of insecurity among Muslim communities across the OSCE region...
20th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 21 February 2012
ERGNETI, 21 February 2012- The 20th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti today. The event was co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission and the OSCE...
Switzerland, Serbia to chair OSCE in 2014 and 2015
Publishing date: 10 February 2012
DUBLIN, 10 February 2012 – Switzerland and Serbia will hold the OSCE Chairmanships in 2014 and 2015 respectively, the 56 OSCE participating States decided today...
OSCE Chairperson, addressing UN Security Council, urges co-operation on transnational threats, good governance
Publishing date: 9 February 2012
NEW YORK, 9 February 2012 – Tackling transnational threats and fighting corruption are key areas for OSCE and UN co-operation, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, today at the UN Security Council in New York...